| Label: Dutton Catalog: CDLX7292 Format: CD Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), Madeleine Easton (violin), Kathryn Thomas (flute), Joanna Shaw (flute), Tamás Kocsis (violin), Andrew Hobday (narrator), Choir of Merton College, Oxford, Ulster Orchestra, Orchestra Nova, George VassComposed by: MCDOWALL, C.
Shipping Forecast, Theatre of Tango, Crossing the Bridge, Rain, Steam and Speed, Great Hills George Vass conducts the Choir of Merton College, Oxford, the Ulster Orchestra and Orchestra Nova in Dutton Epoch's fifth CD devoted entirely to the music of Cecilia McDowall. The featured works, all recent and receiving their world premiere recordings, range from a sultry setting for soloists baritone Jeremy Huw Williams and violinist Tamás Kocsis of darkly evocative poems by Seán Street celebrating the tango, to a lively and inventive orchestral response to a painting by Turner depicting a train steaming across Maidenhead Viaduct. Also included in this richly diverse program is the atmospheric choral tribute Shipping Forecast and Crossing the Bridge, an evocative depiction of bridges in Central Europe, London and New York. |